As a belated birthday present to myself and to show around some relatives, a few days ago we all went over to the Mountsberg Raptor Centre on one of their private tours you can book, which was super fun and gave us a behind-the-scenes look at how they feed and care for a variety of birds, including their Shrike Recovery Program.

Part of the private tour was a personal educational session and we also got a chance to hold a raptor! I was so thrilled to get a chance to have a barn owl on my gloved fist, his name is Shadow and there is nothing more magical in this world than having a barn owl stare into your eyes and then chuckle at you.

This summer I made good on a promise to a fellow artist friend of mine to go up north and visit her in Whitehorse, which is the capital of the Yukon. Not only does Whitehorse have a thriving and vibrant local artist community, but the beauty of the landscapes there just unbelievable; not only are you constantly surrounded by mountains and scenery that make you feel like you stepped into a postcard, but there is such a wealth of wildlife waiting to be discovered.

More than a year ago, some friends and I figured out that we could create a collaborative Google map, in that more than one person can view and make markers on the same map, and we use our common map for a noble purpose: to discover the best places to eat in the Greater Toronto Area. The name of this map is “Let’s Eat Good” and it wasn’t long before we had around 20 to 30 places marked down for future adventures, and these places were not only literally all over the map in terms of geography, but also in price and cuisine.

I have been making websites for ten plus years and one of the most common mistakes clients make when coming to me to design a website is telling me:

“Design the site now and we’ll figure out the written content later.”

The number one reason that clients do this is because they don’t have any content to speak of to put on their website, but they still want to go ahead and get themselves a website, for whatever reason. This is problematic to ensuring good workflow (see info box below) for a number of reasons

Last year at FanExpo, I was interviewed by some lovely gentlmen from Geek and Sundry, who I talked to for about five mins and they used a short clip from that interview in their video about the crafters in the Artist Alley at FanExpo. I am thrilled that they decided to include me in their video, and even though you don’t see the rest of our conversation, thanks all the same for the very thoughtful questions and the opportunity to talk about my art.

Underfangs are $22CAD + shipping&handling BUT please be aware Canada Post is on partial strike right now so delivery times are unpredictable, may take weeks instead of days. Other ship options available for extra cost.

For those interested in my "underfangs" undies, they come just in black, with choice of teeth printed front or back, in American Apparel Hot Short style. Sizes available: S, L, XL (M sold out sorry!) pic.twitter.com/bHouw49SFI

LMAO that is a photo of a fangdana. Underfangs come in black as a "hot short" undie style. Yes I do also have fangdanas in four colours: black, navy, dark green and dark red :) twitter.com/auraus/status/…